Everything Everywhere, the horribly named merged company of Orange and T-Mobile, has pledged to double the speed of available 4G internet to mobile customers by this summer, but unfortunately only in a handful of cities. As it currently stands, 4G data speeds are averaging around the 10Mbit mark. With this …
Read More »EA pick up worst company award – two years in a row
We reported a couple of days ago that EA were in the running to win the Worst Company In America award and for the second year in a row, they managed to snag the prestigious title. The news will not come as a shock to many, as Electronic Arts have …
Read More »Bioware’s Greg Zeschuk defends EA
While EA Games might once again have been voted the worst company in America – if it had stood strong against Zynga, perhaps the latter would have taken that honour – not everyone agrees. Bioware co-founder Greg Zeschuk said in an interview that EA gives a surprising amount of freedom, “enough rope …
Read More »Ubisoft Uplay hacked, leaked Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon in wild
Ubisoft's hyped Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon spin off, has found its way into the wild on torrent sites and through the official Uplay service, after Ubisoft's servers were hacked, opening up free game downloads to those responsible. Some are pointing the finger at the Russians for this one, with …
Read More »New Kodak PIXPRO AZ361 camera showcased
Last year Kodak announced their phase out and cessation of all their cameras. The company struggled to maintain market share and sales, competiting against not only Canon and Nikon, but the rise in quality of smartphone cameras. They were involved however in a licensing deal with JK Imaging, a Los …
Read More »Pandora reach 200 million listener milestone
Tim Westergren, Pandora co-founder has spoken out on the company blog to say that they now have broken the 200th million user milestone. Westergren said “When we launched http://www.pandora.com in 2005, we hoped to create a new way to discover and enjoy music that was completely personalized for each and …
Read More »Military camera to shoot HD at 1km
Your first camera normally comes with something like a 50mm lens. You can shoot your family etc well enough, but very soon after you start, you want something bigger, longer better. The US Army has a huge desire for bigger and better – and it looks like it will be …
Read More »Hijacking a Myspace account can get you in big trouble
While it's not often you see someone making their way through the ghost town that is MySpace, one user has found himself in hot water after hijacking his ex-girlfriend's account and posting revealing pictures of her, along with derogatory messages – he's now been found guilty of several criminal charges. …
Read More »Mass illegal surveillance down under revealed in Dotcom case
While it's been known for a while that New Zealand's intelligence agency GCSB (Government Communication Security Bureau) spied on Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom without legal precedent, it turns out that it may have done so in more than 80 different cases, highlighting the need for further regulation and monitoring of …
Read More »First person and third person animation are drastically different
Returning from Games Developer Conference 2013, Wolfire's CEO and lead programmer, David Rosen learned a lot about animation. He's been breaking down some of the big studio's lessons over the past week and today's look-in is to do with the differences between first person and third person and animation – …
Read More »Vice president of development for Bioshock Infinite leaves Irrational
Rod Ferguson, one of the biggest names behind the recent release of Irrational's hit, story driven shooter, Bioshock Infinite, has announced his departure from the company, less than a year after accepting the position. Having previously worked on Gears of War at Epic Games, Ferguson applied for the job at …
Read More »Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith promo Injustice: Gods Among Us
Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob, the ambiguously gay duo, however you refer to them, the lifelong pals have been drafted in by marketing at Warner Bros, to help promote the new DC beat 'em up, Injustice: Gods Among us. In the short trailer, they argue over …
Read More »Google rumour: WhatsApp buyout for $1B
If you use a modern smartphone there is a good chance that you will have the excellent WhatsApp installed. This very popular software is sought after by Google who are said to be contemplating a $1B takeover deal for the company who create it. Digital Trends apparently have access to …
Read More »Apple Mac Pro refresh to hit soon?
There have been rumors that Apple will be rolling out the next refresh of their out of date Mac Pro over the coming months. The latest report comes from Mac Daily News who said they received a tip on the upcoming release. Apple never confirm any rumours however the refresh …
Read More »Intel announce next gen 20Gbps Thunderbolt
Intel have announced their next generation Thunderbolt interface which features a data rate bandwidth of 20Gbps in both directions, on each of the two channels. The previous version was 10Gbps. Intel also mentioned that they had 200 licensees for the technology and that new, thinner cables will be released in …
Read More »HTC profits drop to record low
HTC have documented record low profits in the first quarter of 2013. Delays in production of their upcoming flagship smartphone have not helped. HTC have explained difficulties making camera components for the HTC One device, forcing them to push back their full launch from the first quarter until the end …
Read More »Easter sales boost for beleagured games industry
From one of the world's fastest booming markets a decade or so ago, we now read the news with half an expectation to hear that another studio has gone under – or a chain of game-selling stores has pulled down its shutters for the last time. It's with a sense …
Read More »Thermaltake Urban S41 lands in tough £100 market
We had a good look over the initial documentation for the Thermaltake Urban S41 in an earlier story, but two vital ingredients were missing. We now have that info and we're prepared to share: How much and where? Before we spillz the beanz, where's a question for you: What price …
Read More »Facebook begins trial of charging you to message celebrities
Facebook has begun a trial of a new system that will see you charged a fee when you message a celebrity, with prices ranging from a few pence all the way up to over £10 for some of the more high profile names. This beta run is being conducted by …
Read More »Aria now offering £1.99 next-day shipping option
If you've ever ordered from online PC part sellers before, they usually know what they're doing when it comes to sending through full systems or big orders, packaging everything up nicely so it arrives in perfect condition. However when you're making a small order, it can suck paying that full …
Read More »Next-gen Microsoft console to be called Xbox, reveal coming 21st May
A few separate sources are confirming some very specific information about Microsoft's next-gen console, suggesting that it won't be called the 720, or Durango, but in-fact, just Xbox – taking the John Rambo and Rocky Balboa route – and will be revealed for the first time on 21st May, a few weeks …
Read More »Skype spread trojan could make you a bitcoin miner
A new trojan has been discovered that is being spread through innocuous looking Skype messages, giving ‘hackers' control of your machine. Once they do so however, they aren't creating a botnet, or stealing credit card details, but making you part of a distributed bitcoin mining network. Those hit with the …
Read More »Microsoft apologises for always-on ranter’s rant
Last Friday, we covered how Adam Orth, a creative director at Microsoft was bashing those that complained about always-online systems, suggesting people should just put up with it. This annoyed Microsoft and Xbox fans, as well as many gamers in general – especially coming off the back of EA's Sim …
Read More »Antec GX700 Case Review
Today we are going to take a look at the Antec GX700 case, which is one of the latest additions to their range of chassis for gamers. Antec have a reputation for producing a variety of affordable cases which have become very popular over the years, including the 300 and …
Read More »Former HMV boss ready to ‘help’ Blockbusters
Confidence is a good thing. We like meeting people who have a well-placed confidence on their own skills and abilities. Bit like the master and commander of a sailing vessel. But what if a captain's last command ran into the rocks – and he was still highly confident? KitGuru wonders …
Read More »Lenovo ThinkVision 30 inch LT3035p released for colour critical work
Lenovo have launched their new widescreen monitor to target the video editing and Photoshop professional audience. The 30 inch screen offers a 2560×1600 resolution with a 1.07 billion colour depth and support for 99 percent of Adobe's RGB colour gamut, as well as 100 percent of the sRGB colour space. …
Read More »Facebook apologise to mother for banning breastfeeding pics
Facebook were at the center of a controversial move recently when they removed a post featuring a mother in America, Sacramento breastfeeding her child. Kristy Kemp is in charge of a breastfeeding support group page on Facebook. She got angry when she realised that Facebook removed several breastfeeding images and …
Read More »Sony to release ‘price friendly’ 4k TVs
Those interested in the upcoming 4K television sets have been put off by pricing often in the $25,000 zone. Sony however have announced some sets which won't cost anywhere near as much. While we have no news or information on UK pricing, the 55 inch XBR-55X900A and 65 inch XBR-65X900A …
Read More »EA in final four of ‘Worst Company in America’ Award
Electronic Arts may be on track to win the Consumerist's Worst Company In America award. They are already in the Final Four this year. The situation is so bad that Electronic Art's COO, Peter Moore, took to his companies blog to stop another ‘victory' this year. He called his blog …
Read More »Ultra low price 760G boards move to support FX challenge
One of KitGuru's bugbears has been AMD's consistency in releasing processors that may well be appealing – but then burying them under the weight of a mainboard that costs more than the chip. Now it seems that there better options available from resellers like Aria. KitGuru pulls out a Casio …
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